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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 6.
- Global sea ice hit ‘all-time minimum’ in February, scientists say (“Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planet” We’re so screwed unless we get off fossil fuels on an emergency basis.)
- Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels
- Elephants and rhinos at increased risk of poaching due to Trump funding cuts, groups say (APPALLING!)
- The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership (“Six weeks in, however, as Trump makes gut-check calls to dismantle post-Cold War national security arrangements, the global free trade system, and the federal machine – all of which helped make the US a superpower – a new realization is dawning.There doesn’t seem to be a plan.”)
- As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S. (“Members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance, as well as Israeli and Saudi officials, fear the identities of foreign assets could inadvertently be shared with Moscow.”)
- Russia blasts ‘threat’ from France’s Macron as it mends fences with Washington
- Trump administration briefing: president threatens Hamas, leaves Ukraine in the dark and flip flops on tariffs
- Exclusive: Russian disinfo floods AI chatbots, study finds
- Live updates: EU leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks after Trump suspends aid
- Europe’s leaders are meeting for another crucial Ukraine summit. Can they seize momentum back from Trump?
- Trump wants to destroy the EU — and rebuild it in his image (“Donald Trump won’t deal with the EU. The EU can’t deal with Trump.”)
- Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US (Disgusting. And yes, Trump is de facto a puppet of Vladimir Putin.)
- Spooked by Trump and Putin, Europe rushes to rearm
- ‘You stayed with us’: Zelensky thanks Europe as he arrives at Brussels summit
- Europe Tackles Its Orban Problem After Trump Rips Up Ukraine Aid (“The EU is getting ready to circumvent Hungary as it tries to come up with the money to maintain support for Kyiv and invest in defense.” Good!)
- ‘It’s great we are not alone,’ says Volodymyr Zelenskyy as EU leaders gather for defence summit
Europe’s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assets (“If European leaders want to truly support Ukraine they must seize the moment by seizing $220bn in assets”)- Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
- Trump’s Tariffs Push Xi to Overhaul China’s Ailing Growth Model
- EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants
- ‘Tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war’ — China says it’s ready to fight U.S. until the end
- Exclusive: US mulls plan to disrupt Iran’s oil by halting vessels at sea
- Exclusive: U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas (“While the Trump administration consulted with Israel about the possibility of engaging with Hamas, Israel learned about aspects of the talks through other channels, one source said.”)
- Trump urges Hamas to release hostages in Gaza in what he calls ‘last warning’
- Hamas brushes off Trump’s threat and says it will only free hostages in return for a lasting truce
Lesotho ‘shocked and embarrassed’ by mockery in Trump’s Congress speech, says foreign minister (Trump is an eternal disgrace to the United States – we’ll never live it down.)- Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho. But Musk is trying to do business in the African nation (When Trump says “people tell me” or “nobody knows” or whatever, he’s referring to HIMSELF.)
- Trump to Pause Auto Tariffs for One Month as Other Levies Continue
- Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling U.S. alcohol off store shelves is ‘worse than a tariff’
- ‘The relationship is broken’: Canadians respond to Trump’s tariffs
- Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk (“Tariffs are dampening consumer confidence and fears of a downturn seem to be weighing on the dollar”)
- Is Trump really going to push the “more inflation” button? (Looks like that’s what Trump just did!)
- How Trump’s whipsaw trade agenda is threatening economic growth (“Consumer and corporate optimism have faded in recent weeks as markets began to contend with the possible consequences of Trump’s agenda.”)
- “Not fit to have a job”: Trump victim-blames veterans, workers for his war on the economy
- Why Trump Thanked John Roberts (“The conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy. — The exchange was so awkward, it should have been followed by the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song”)
- The Supreme Court Is Just One Vote Shy of Making Trump and Musk Kings (“Two conservative justices joined the three liberals in ordering the administration to pay USAID contractors who are owed around $2 billion. But can that unlikely split hold?”)
- The Supreme Court’s Rebuff of Trump Is More Ominous Than It Looks
- Donald Trump Rips The Mask Off Of John Roberts’ Court In One Sentence
- ‘Read this e-mail immediately’: CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work
- Big oil investigation dripping away as Republicans dominate Congress, US senator says (Massive corruption, thanks in large part to the Roberts Supreme Court, plus Congressional Republicans…)
- Trump Decried Millions Spent ‘Making Mice Transgender.’ It Was Cancer and Asthma Research (The media completely sucks, but if they were actually doing their jobs, every headline about sh** Trump says would note that he is LYING – or distorting, making it up, etc.)
- Trump is turning the media into a mouthpiece of the regime (Speaking of the media sucking…)
- How Trump Is Dividing and Conquering the White House Press Corps (If the press doesn’t hang together, they will most certainly hang separately!)
- Trump administration ordered to reinstate thousands of fired USDA workers
- Appeals court allows Trump administration to temporarily remove watchdog Hampton Dellinger
- GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
- With Musk Targeting Social Security, Democrats See a Political Opportunity
- Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
- House Republicans gush over DOGE in meeting with Musk (Deranged.)
- Republicans Warn Musk DOGE Cuts at Risk Without Congress
- ‘Follow the money’: Ex-GOP rep warns media to pay attention to ‘second-tier’ DOGE lackeys (“Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) warned MSNBC’s Symone Sanders that people need to pay more attention to what tech billionaire Elon Musk and his allies are doing under the hood to federal programs under their Department of Government Efficiency task force.”)
- Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
- Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department (That’s blatantly unconstitutional.)
- Trading Volume In This Nasdaq-Listed Firm Soared Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump Were Announced As Board Members—’Suspicious,’ Experts Say
- Trump admin plans to cut more than 70,000 jobs at Department of Veterans Affairs, memo says
- Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to V.A. workforce
- Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
- Trump Was Always Going to Betray Veterans (“Veterans’ benefits once seemed like the untouchable third rail of American politics.”)
- Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees
- Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building (“The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday, as DOGE officials make sweeping eliminations across federal government agencies.”)
- Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories
- Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob
- This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts
- House Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech
- On YouTube, Andrew Tate claims America doesn’t have free speech because you can’t “speak out against the Jews” (The right wing loves this guy.)
- Jeff Bezos Has a Very Billionaire-ish Idea of What Freedom Means (“We need media that advocate for well-being, not gaslight people into believing their suffering is liberty.”)
- Texas Rep. Al Green unrepentant as he faces censure vote in House for disrupting Trump speech
- ActBlue, the Democratic Fund-Raising Powerhouse, Faces Internal Chaos (“At least seven senior officials have left the group, setting off deep concerns about its future as it confronts scrutiny from congressional Republicans.”)
- ‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover (“‘We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,’ said the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.”)
- Most Voters Want Eric Adams to Resign as Approval Rating Hits Record Low (Anyone who ever touted this slimeball is seriously an idiot.)
- Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine plans to force Republicans to vote on Trump’s Canada tariffs
- Kaine, Warner take on Trump’s ‘reckless’ trade war against Canada
- Virginia Democratic Leaders on the SOTU Speech: “Trump spent two hours spewing lies and stoking bigotry and division” While “Republicans are falling in line behind this wannabe strongman and a billionaire oligarch”
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Trump’s SOTU Address Was Long and “Painful”; Calls Out Trump’s “dark vision not only for our country but for our world”; Walks Back Remarks on Fox “News” Yesterday… (Also, high-dollar fundraiser with Sam Altman an indication Warner’s running for reelection in 2026?)
- Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) and CATO Institute Scholar Discuss How, Actually, in Complete Contradiction to Republicans’ Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, the Data Shows “More Immigrants, LOWER Homicide Rates”
- Concerns rise in Va. over tariffs, but effects still unclear
- As Columnist Calls Out VA GOP as “Undifferentiated Party of Trump” with No “Thoughtful Moderates” Left, Youngkin Dutifully “Doubles Down on His Support of Trump’s Attacks on Virginia’s Economy and Workforce”
- How should Virginia courtrooms handle artificial intelligence?
- Fairfax County legislator wants to redirect solar projects from farmland to parking lots. But there’s a catch. (“His bill would allow localities to require commercial developers to put solar canopies over large parking lots. Developers say that drives up the cost.”)
- IRS office lease in Roanoke still in place, property manager says, despite claim on DOGE website
- Schapiro: A rural county gets the blues (That’s New Kent County.)
- Chesapeake mayor touts $1B in capital investments in State of the City address
- Virginia Beach approves new speed cameras in school zones
- CWG Live updates: Colder and very windy today, with gusts over 40 mph
